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Jewish businesspeople

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 406 Collections and/or Records:

Shul Baer Milstein Sits with a Long Pipe, circa 1895

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0039.00001
Abstract

Shul Baer Milstein, wearing a yarmulke and smoking a long pipe, sits at a table with an open Talmud in front of him. A tapestry hangs on the wall behind his chair. Milstein, who immigrated from Russia, was an early leader in Denver's west side Orthodox Jewish community and in Congregation Zera Abraham. He was also a patriarch of the Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community located in Cotopaxi, Colorado that failed in 1884. He was a peddler and later opened his own kosher butcher shop.

Dates: circa 1895

Shul Baer Milstein Sits with a Long Pipe, circa 1895

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0016.00016
Abstract

Shul Baer Milstein, wearing a yarmulke and smoking a long pipe, sits at a table with an open Talmud in front of him. A tapestry hangs on the wall behind his chair. Milstein, who immigrated from Russia, was an early leader in Denver's west side Orthodox Jewish community and in Congregation Zera Abraham. He was also a patriarch of the Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community located in Cotopaxi, Colorado that failed in 1884. He was a peddler and later opened his own kosher butcher shop.

Dates: circa 1895

Shul Baer Milstein Sits with a Long Pipe, circa 1895

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0008.00003
Abstract

Shul Baer Milstein, wearing a yarmulke and smoking a long pipe, sits at a table with an open Talmud in front of him. A tapestry hangs on the wall behind his chair. Milstein, who immigrated from Russia, was an early leader in Denver's west side Orthodox Jewish community and in Congregation Zera Abraham. He was also a patriarch of the Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community located in Cotopaxi, Colorado that failed in 1884. He was a peddler and later opened his own kosher butcher shop.

Dates: circa 1895

Shul Baer Milstein Sits with a Long Pipe, circa 1895

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0008.00005
Abstract

Shul Baer Milstein, wearing a yarmulke and smoking a long pipe, sits at a table with an open Talmud in front of him. A tapestry hangs on the wall behind his chair. Milstein, who immigrated from Russia, was an early leader in Denver's west side Orthodox Jewish community and in Congregation Zera Abraham. He was also a patriarch of the Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community located in Cotopaxi, Colorado that failed in 1884. He was a peddler and later opened his own kosher butcher shop.

Dates: circa 1895

Sigman Family Scrapbooks and Photographs, 1900-1997

 Series
Identifier: B300.02
Scope and Contents

This series contains photographs and papers about the Sigman family and the K. and B. Packing Company in Denver, Colorado. Louis K. Sigman and his sons Sam and Morris Sigman distributed free meat from their company during the depression from 1931-1940. Most of the material consists of digital images that were scanned from two scrapbooks.

Dates: 1900-1997

Sosne Family, circa 1913

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0005.00008
Abstract

Formal portrait of Rachel Sosne (Mrs. Abraham Sosne) surrounded by her daughters, left to right, Sara Sosne Stein, Lottie Sosne Craig, Anna Sosne Cohan, and Gert Sosne Sigman. Members of the Sosne family ran the Capitol Wet Wash Laundry on West Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: circa 1913

Spitzer Electrical Co., 1972

 File
Identifier: B112.06.0001.0024
Abstract

File contains one booklet published by Spitzer Electrical Co. for their 50th anniversary. Booklet contains information about the company and advertisements.

Dates: 1972

Stan Morris Show Homes

 Item
Identifier: B351.03.0005.0004.00006
Abstract

Photograph shows a man and woman together smiling in front of a house and a billboard that reads "Welcome to... Stan Morris Show Homes". On the back of the photograph "26-7-4-2" has been written. Photograph is in black and white. Physical photograph as well as digitized copy of photograph.

Dates: 1950-1965

Stan Morris Show Homes Premiere

 Item
Identifier: B351.03.0005.0004.00007
Abstract

Photograph shows the premiere of Stan Morris Show Homes. There are several houses decorated with balloons and streamers, and many people looking at the houses. A sign says "The Premiere". Photograph is in black and white. Physical photograph as well as digitized copy of photograph.

Dates: 1950-1965

Striking Liquid Gold: Colorado Jews in the Oil Business, 2016

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00016
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains DVDs created by Dr. Jeanne Abrams: A Grocery Store on Every Corner: Early Colorado Jewish Grocers; And Justice You Shall Pursue: Early Colorado Jewish Lawyers; A Legacy of Caring: Early Colorado Jewish Women 1860-1930 (2 copies); From Peddlers to Merchant Princes: Early Colorado Jewish Entrepreneurs; Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver's Jewish Community; Growing Up in Early Denver: The Lives of Jewish Children 1860-1940; At Home on the Range: Colorado Jewish Cowboys,...
Dates: 2016